A HISTORIC FLAG.

Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1918, Page 5

A HISTORIC FLAG.

How finely the American troops, came out of their first big fight with the Huns is a nol dstory now, but perhaps the incident of the Irish flag being in the forefront, of the fray, is not so generally known. Anyway, it is worth the rc-telHno--0 . Among the leading men to enter tho Gorman first Ifhe trenches were a number of Irish-American soldiers, one

of whom carried a little green flag attached to the end of his bavonct. If I come back,’’ he said, “the flag will come back with mo ’ ’ He came out of the struggle safe and sound, with tho flag still flying, although somewhat ragged. It was afterwards framed by a French soldier, and is now on its way to the United States.